POLAR BEARS BY NUMBERS

1252

The year the first polar bear arrived in Britain, a gift from the king of Norway to Henry III. It was kept in the Tower of London

1km

The distance from which a polar bear can smell a seal beneath a metre of compacted snow

25m

The speed a polar bear can reach on land over a short distance

126st

The weight a male polar bear can reach, twice the size of females

12,325

The number of calories a polar bear burns in a day

30cm

The size of a polar bear’s paw, which it uses as a paddle when swimming